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Jack Thompson scores a win in Utah, House Committee approves bill

Posted Feb 24, 2009 at 3:28AM EST by QJ Staff

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Disbarment is no bar to Jack Thompson's call.

The games-as-porn bill he drafted was approved by an overwhelming vote of 10-3 by the Business and Labor Committee of the Utah House of Representatives. The bill even extended to encompass the film industry.

The bill will require retailers and movie theaters that advertise that they don't sell M-rated games games or R-rated movie tickets to underage buyers and then do so will be fined US$ 2,000.

And while Thompson was not physically present during the meeting, his influence certainly was. Gayle Ruzika testified on behalf of the bill, bringing up the case of Devin Moore, an Alabama teen who played Grand Theft Auto. He murdered three policemen in 2004. Here's part of Ruzika's testimony:

These [games] are the kind of things that are training our children. This is the vile stuff. The Grand Theft Auto games are cop-killing murder simulators. And when [Devin Moore] was faced with being arrested he knew exactly what to do. He knew how to aim... at the head and each time killed these [officers]. We don't want this for our children. Not at all. Please, please vote yes today on this bill.

Anything we can do to protect our children from the violence, from the filthy pornography that the only way they can get into the pornography is being good at the game. They work hard and get to certain levels and when they get to the high enough levels then they get into the pornography - filthy, vile stuff that you would be appalled and never want your children to see. And then as a reward, they get to kill the women...

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike Morley, will now move on to the full Utah House for consideration. For more testimonies on the bill, you can follow the source link below.

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Couple things to say about this..

If he learned from GTA that shooting someone in the head kills them, then that's pretty sad (it should be obvious)

If GTA taught him how to aim a gun, that's sad

They're assuming every parent thinks that their kid shouldn't see certain things. What bothers me is how accessible violent movies (with real people) are than the relatively harmless sex videos that people go after (legal sex videos)

And I kinda like how they are calling it pornography, I personally like pornography, because that's immediately what I associate it with. And a lot of people love pornography. That's why it's a big business.

Stop blaming video games for murders. Millions of people play these violent video games. Very few commit murders. Go after the drug dealers or something and stop wasting taxpayers' dollars on retarded bills.

But hey, that's fine, anyone can go online and buy a used game. Parents should just monitor their kids better. When I first played Vice City my dad caught me and locked my game up. That's how you do it! Then I got punished and was scared to play M games. ((A year later I caught my dad playing it.))

# wow — popmchnex 2009-02-24 04:45

most retarded thing I've ever heard.

No surprise they nail it in the Mormon state.

# problem is... — popmchnex 2009-02-24 04:47

they go after the drug dealers and find an x-box or ps3 with a copy of GTA, and blame it on the game.

# Jack Thompson — hakk3r 2009-02-24 04:58

IS THE BIGGEST *****ING RETARD EVER!!!!

# and then... — ElfyEikkal 2009-02-24 05:09

Jack Thompson will say that GTA teach these peoples to sell drug and make up another stupid bill that says "BAN ALL GAMES AND ONLY MAKE VERY CLEAN GAMES (truthfully. i've never seen a clean game with no Violence whatsoever. even a pokemon game have violence. even a BARBIE game have violence.)"

# LMAO — flammingcowz 2009-02-24 06:31

"the only way they can get into the pornography is being good at the game. They work hard and get to certain levels and when they get to the high enough levels then they get into the pornography - filthy, vile stuff that you would be appalled and never want your children to see. And then as a reward, they get to kill the women..."

oh gawd you can tell they've never played it

# lol — jacobian91 2009-02-24 06:43

Yeah no *****.

They blame this ***** on GTA. People were shooting *****ing nazis and demons WAY before police officers.

GTA San Adreas was centered on stopping a CORRUPT cop from trafficking drugs. What the hell is wrong with that?!

And you don't see these asses ever bringing up ANYTHING but GTA. They don't mention the Halo killing, they don't mention the Mortal Kombat killings, only GTA...because you can kill cops. CAN kill cops. It isn't required.

This is so ridiculous. Thompson and all his lackeys need to stop sucking each other's *****s long enough to see that this is bull.

# errrrrrrrr — Shazman1984 2009-02-24 06:43

Someone get influenced by GTA and go shoot this idiot.

# ... — TouchDaSkeleton 2009-02-24 07:42

doesn't he know that gta4 sucks?

# ... — Relys 2009-02-24 08:01

I rofled at the picture.

# @ jacobian91 — Koolaidsred1 2009-02-24 08:18

While I do agree Jack Thompson is a true ****ing idiot you stated killing cops isn't required in GTA. If you beat any of the GTA's you would know almost all of them include certain missions where its REQUIRED for you to kill cops. Do I have a problem with that? no! It's a game meant for entertainment and it succeeds at what it does. I've never had an urge to go outside and kill a cop. Also their sex scene thing was hilarious

# hm. — Allstaraugustine 2009-02-24 09:58

Theres these things called iron sights on pistols and most guns that are their so that when aiming a gun you can see what part of the body to hit. in the most sense possible, aiming at the head is probably the best bet to kill someone...

why the F**K doesn't he or anyone else relate violence to the retarded movies we have today called SAW and Friday the 13th? when games aren't ABOUT killing, they just feature killing in them...

go to hell jack Thompson. i hope you get assassinated soon.

# yeah, dumbass — HakatoX 2009-02-24 10:39

and make a martyr out of him and strengthen all he has said about games....

any harm upon him will only further his agenda ... he is less volatile while alive and in perfect health.

I wouldnt mind the chance to slap him around, but I know how these things go....

with the swing of my fist he would be right... and we would all suffer for it...

just think a bit before acting like a dip$h1t

# Damn you jack!!! — darknaiyo 2009-02-24 10:39

all of us gamers should leave our ps3 and xbox360 console differences aside and unite to beat the living crap out of this guy.

# Gun Training? — CamHostage 2009-02-24 10:42

"If GTA taught him how to aim a gun, that's sad"

It is terribly sad that this fellow used GTA to enact his violent dreams before carrying them out, but this notion of gunplay in a videogame training you to masterfully shoot a gun in real life... I wonder, how many people have used a firearm in the last few years, say since the advent of FPSs? I have. I can bullseye people on the fly from a thousand paces in an online shooter, but I can barely pop a soup can from a couple yards away in real life without a lot more practice. The two are not at all congruent skills.

# Overreacting — Miclowgunman 2009-02-24 11:57

I think a lot of you are overreacting this one. All this is is people have to be 18 to get R rated movies and M rated games. It is already in effect all over the place. Gamestop does it, and so does the movie theater I work at. I don't agree that Video games and movies teach people how to kill other people, but it does desensitize people to violence and makes it look cool. I don't know about you guys, but I knew a few kids who would do anything to look cool in high school. Even if that meant destruction of others property. If attacking cops and dealing drugs is cool, the eccentrics will do just that. The idea it that if we try to keep these images away from kids, then they wont ever see a glamorized version of something they should not do. According to most US laws, parenting ends at 18, so 18 is is the age when parents don't have control over whether or not their kids can play M games and watch R movies. All this bill does is give parents more power over their children's exposure to violence. A right that every parent should have.

# Movies — Miclowgunman 2009-02-24 12:01

This bill DOES relate violence to SAW and other violent movies. Read the article. -The bill will require retailers and movie theaters that advertise that they don't sell M-rated games games or R-rated movie tickets to underage buyers and then do so will be fined US$ 2,000.-

# lol — Navani 2009-02-24 12:44

Well at look how well we're progressing anyway, an assassination attempt on him a la GTA style would just speed up the inevitable, whatever it may be.

I shouldn't stay stuff like that.. Big Brother is watching..

# Drugs involved with passing the bill? — Volomon 2009-02-24 17:23

Gayle Ruzika, who ever this person is, had to have a full dose of crack before he/she made the testimony.

# What's that classic quote — avatar76 2009-02-25 13:15

"No I didn't go to Utah, Utah Sux!"

Further evidence to back that up.

I can't remember what bit of pop culture that's from.

# oh — Allstaraugustine 2009-02-25 16:04

tuche

# Jack Thompson — EugeneE 2009-03-03 15:06

Jack Thompson is the most idiotic person on the face of the earth.

Will this guy ever get a clue.

You lost your license to be a lawyer because you violate the law, etc.

Bet ya, this bill will be banned.

The federal court in Washington, DC says that games are protected under first amendment rights so make laws banning games are unconstitutiona l.

Jack Thompson, go away.

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